This notebook is for examining the current ratings on boardgamegeek.com with the aim of adjusting and computing different versions of these ratings. The main goal is to compute alternative ranks to adjust for a tendency of the BGG ratings to skew towards complex and recently released games. This is not a novel contribution, but this notebook aims to explain some of the considerations behind calculating different ratings for games as well as refresh these ratings frequently off by scraping the most up to data from the BGG API.
We’ll load in the active data we have from BGG and begin our analysis. There are a couple of different variables we’re interested in exploring: the average rating, the geek rating (bayesaverage), and the average weight, or complexity. For the average and geek ratings, votes can range from 1 to 10, while complexity ranges from 1 to 5.
active_games %>%
select(average, bayesaverage, averageweight) %>%
gather() %>%
ggplot(., aes(x=value))+
geom_histogram(bins=100)+
facet_wrap(key~.,
ncol = 3,
scales ="free")+
theme_bw(8)+
my_caption

The geek rating is the game’s average plus around 1000 baseline 5.5 votes added, which serve as a prior to prevent games with few ratings from moving to the top of the geek list.
If we plot average rating of games vs their complexity, we can see that a game’s rating is heavily correlated with its complexity.

We can also plot this with labels to pick out particular games.

The average rating is also a function of time, as we see a general rise in the average for more recently released games.

If we size games by their number of user ratings, we can see when we start to really see the number of user ratings for games take off.

Now, so far we’ve just looked at the average rating, which is simply the average of community ratings for a given game. Most people care about the Geek ratings, uses a combination of the community average and the number of votes. In order to get a high Geek rating, a game need to both be well rated (a high average) and have a high enough number of user ratings. We can get a sense of how games map on both of these dimensions via a visualization I have come to dub ‘the mountain’.

The geek rating is designed to capture a mix of being highly rated and popular. To achieve this, boardgamegeek used a form of Bayesian averaging, (roughly) starting every game off with 1000 votes at 5.5, which means that it takes a decent number of users rating the game to actually move the baseline rating.
We can see this if we plot all games based on their average rating as well as their number ratings and size by the number of user ratings.
# no size
active_games %>%
ggplot(., aes(x=average,
# color = factor(decade),
y=bayesaverage))+
geom_point(alpha=.15,
aes(size = usersrated))+
# geom_smooth(col = "red")+
theme_phil()+
#scale_size_area(limits = c(100, 100000))+
theme(legend.title = element_text(),
legend.position = "top")+
geom_vline(xintercept = 5.5,
col = 'grey40',
linetype = 'dashed',
alpha = 0.8)+
geom_hline(yintercept = 5.5,
col = 'grey40',
linetype = 'dashed',
alpha = 0.8)+
guides(size = guide_legend(title = "usersrated"))+
annotate("text",
label = "Popular, Bad Games",
x = 4, y=4.5)+
annotate("text",
label = "Popular, Good Games",
x = 7, y=8.5)

The geek ratings on BGG are highly influential, but they skew heavily towards very complex games. This means that “normal people” will have a hard time using the games that are highly rated on BGG.
If we look at the top 100 games on BGG according to the geek ratings, we can see that all generally fall on the heavier side in terms of game complexity.
# get top bgg games
active_games %>%
arrange(desc(bayesaverage)) %>%
mutate(rank = row_number()) %>%
mutate(date = as.Date(timestamp),
yearpublished = as.character(yearpublished),
game_id = as.character(game_id),
name = abbreviate(name, minlength = 45)) %>%
select(yearpublished,
game_id,
name, rank, bayesaverage, averageweight) %>%
arrange(desc(bayesaverage)) %>%
mutate_if(is.numeric, round, 2) %>%
select(yearpublished, game_id, name, rank, bayesaverage, averageweight) %>%
rename(complexity = averageweight) %>%
head(100) %>%
flextable() %>%
flextable::autofit() %>%
bg(j = c('complexity'),
bg = complexity_col_func) %>%
bg(j = c("bayesaverage"),
bg = bayesaverage_col_func) %>%
flextable::align(j = c("yearpublished", "bayesaverage", "complexity"),
align = "center")
yearpublished | game_id | name | rank | bayesaverage | complexity |
2017 | 174430 | Gloomhaven | 1 | 8.50 | 3.87 |
2015 | 161936 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2 | 8.44 | 2.83 |
2018 | 224517 | Brass: Birmingham | 3 | 8.42 | 3.90 |
2016 | 167791 | Terraforming Mars | 4 | 8.27 | 3.25 |
2020 | 291457 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 5 | 8.26 | 3.59 |
2017 | 233078 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 6 | 8.26 | 4.26 |
2017 | 220308 | Gaia Project | 7 | 8.17 | 4.37 |
2016 | 187645 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8 | 8.17 | 3.73 |
2017 | 162886 | Spirit Island | 9 | 8.14 | 4.04 |
2015 | 182028 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 10 | 8.14 | 4.41 |
2011 | 115746 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 11 | 8.14 | 4.18 |
2016 | 193738 | Great Western Trail | 12 | 8.12 | 3.71 |
2005 | 12333 | Twilight Struggle | 13 | 8.11 | 3.60 |
2016 | 169786 | Scythe | 14 | 8.06 | 3.43 |
2020 | 316554 | Dune: Imperium | 15 | 8.01 | 2.98 |
2011 | 84876 | The Castles of Burgundy | 16 | 8.01 | 3.00 |
2018 | 167355 | Nemesis | 17 | 7.99 | 3.40 |
2015 | 173346 | 7 Wonders Duel | 18 | 7.98 | 2.23 |
2013 | 124361 | Concordia | 19 | 7.97 | 3.01 |
2007 | 28720 | Brass: Lancashire | 20 | 7.96 | 3.86 |
2012 | 120677 | Terra Mystica | 21 | 7.96 | 3.97 |
2016 | 177736 | A Feast for Odin | 22 | 7.95 | 3.85 |
2019 | 266192 | Wingspan | 23 | 7.94 | 2.44 |
2016 | 205637 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 24 | 7.93 | 3.49 |
2015 | 183394 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 25 | 7.89 | 2.89 |
2018 | 237182 | Root | 26 | 7.89 | 3.73 |
2018 | 199792 | Everdell | 27 | 7.88 | 2.81 |
2014 | 164928 | Orléans | 28 | 7.88 | 3.04 |
2011 | 96848 | Mage Knight Board Game | 29 | 7.88 | 4.33 |
2019 | 266507 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 30 | 7.87 | 2.69 |
2020 | 312484 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 31 | 7.86 | 2.86 |
2020 | 246900 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 32 | 7.85 | 3.57 |
2015 | 175914 | Food Chain Magnate | 33 | 7.83 | 4.20 |
2002 | 3076 | Puerto Rico | 34 | 7.83 | 3.28 |
2013 | 102794 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 35 | 7.82 | 3.79 |
2015 | 170216 | Blood Rage | 36 | 7.81 | 2.88 |
2019 | 285774 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 37 | 7.81 | 2.87 |
2017 | 192135 | Too Many Bones | 38 | 7.81 | 3.85 |
2007 | 31260 | Agricola | 39 | 7.80 | 3.64 |
2019 | 251247 | Barrage | 40 | 7.79 | 4.06 |
2019 | 276025 | Maracaibo | 41 | 7.79 | 3.89 |
2017 | 221107 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 42 | 7.78 | 3.24 |
2016 | 205059 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 43 | 7.78 | 2.67 |
2018 | 247763 | Underwater Cities | 44 | 7.78 | 3.60 |
2019 | 284083 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 45 | 7.77 | 1.98 |
2019 | 256960 | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | 46 | 7.76 | 3.82 |
2017 | 185343 | Anachrony | 47 | 7.75 | 4.01 |
2012 | 126163 | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 48 | 7.74 | 3.67 |
2004 | 2651 | Power Grid | 49 | 7.73 | 3.27 |
2015 | 55690 | Kingdom Death: Monster | 50 | 7.73 | 4.26 |
2017 | 216132 | Clans of Caledonia | 51 | 7.72 | 3.46 |
2014 | 164153 | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 52 | 7.72 | 3.30 |
2016 | 209010 | Mechs vs. Minions | 53 | 7.71 | 2.42 |
2020 | 184267 | On Mars | 54 | 7.71 | 4.65 |
2008 | 35677 | Le Havre | 55 | 7.71 | 3.73 |
2017 | 180263 | The 7th Continent | 56 | 7.71 | 2.90 |
2018 | 244521 | The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 57 | 7.69 | 1.95 |
2015 | 125153 | The Gallerist | 58 | 7.68 | 4.26 |
2017 | 161533 | Lisboa | 59 | 7.68 | 4.57 |
1876 | 521 | Crokinole | 60 | 7.68 | 1.25 |
2017 | 230802 | Azul | 61 | 7.68 | 1.76 |
2011 | 72125 | Eclipse | 62 | 7.68 | 3.70 |
2006 | 25613 | Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 63 | 7.67 | 4.18 |
2016 | 191189 | Aeon's End | 64 | 7.66 | 2.78 |
2012 | 124742 | Android: Netrunner | 65 | 7.66 | 3.40 |
2019 | 266810 | Paladins of the West Kingdom | 66 | 7.66 | 3.70 |
2007 | 28143 | Race for the Galaxy | 67 | 7.65 | 2.99 |
2016 | 201808 | Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 68 | 7.65 | 2.22 |
2014 | 159675 | Fields of Arle | 69 | 7.65 | 3.87 |
2020 | 314040 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 | 70 | 7.64 | 3.02 |
2012 | 121921 | RobinsonCrusoe:AdventuresontheCursedIsland | 71 | 7.64 | 3.80 |
2018 | 229853 | Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 72 | 7.64 | 3.77 |
2015 | 171623 | The Voyages of Marco Polo | 73 | 7.64 | 3.18 |
2014 | 157354 | Five Tribes | 74 | 7.63 | 2.85 |
2010 | 68448 | 7 Wonders | 75 | 7.63 | 2.32 |
2016 | 200680 | Agricola (Revised Edition) | 76 | 7.62 | 3.49 |
2012 | 110327 | Lords of Waterdeep | 77 | 7.62 | 2.46 |
2010 | 62219 | Dominant Species | 78 | 7.61 | 4.04 |
2015 | 182874 | Grand Austria Hotel | 79 | 7.60 | 3.23 |
2021 | 342942 | Ark Nova | 80 | 7.59 | 3.75 |
2019 | 264220 | Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon | 81 | 7.58 | 3.29 |
2018 | 236457 | Architects of the West Kingdom | 82 | 7.58 | 2.76 |
2012 | 122515 | Keyflower | 83 | 7.58 | 3.34 |
1995 | 93 | El Grande | 84 | 7.57 | 3.05 |
2005 | 18602 | Caylus | 85 | 7.57 | 3.80 |
2008 | 37111 | Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 86 | 7.56 | 3.25 |
2005 | 12493 | Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 87 | 7.55 | 4.25 |
2010 | 73439 | Troyes | 88 | 7.55 | 3.46 |
2009 | 40834 | Dominion: Intrigue | 89 | 7.55 | 2.42 |
2019 | 269385 | TheLordoftheRings:JourneysinMiddle-Earth | 90 | 7.55 | 2.61 |
2013 | 146021 | Eldritch Horror | 91 | 7.55 | 3.32 |
2015 | 172386 | Mombasa | 92 | 7.55 | 3.89 |
2015 | 170042 | Raiders of the North Sea | 93 | 7.55 | 2.54 |
2021 | 324856 | The Crew: Mission Deep Sea | 94 | 7.54 | 2.03 |
2018 | 205896 | Rising Sun | 95 | 7.53 | 3.28 |
2016 | 203993 | Lorenzo il Magnifico | 96 | 7.53 | 3.30 |
2014 | 163412 | Patchwork | 97 | 7.53 | 1.62 |
2019 | 281259 | The Isle of Cats | 98 | 7.53 | 2.31 |
2013 | 144733 | Russian Railroads | 99 | 7.53 | 3.41 |
1997 | 42 | Tigris & Euphrates | 100 | 7.52 | 3.51 |
We want a list of games that isn’t so heavily skewed towards complexity. We want to “control for” the influence of complexity on the rating. That is, if we take the variation in the average ratings that isn’t explained by complexity, which games still have high ratings?
To do this, we need the residuals from a regression of average rating on complexity - these will be the variation in game ratings that are not explained by complexity. We will fit the bivariate model on games published through 2021 and inspect the results.
# fit model
complexity_model<-active_games %>%
filter(yearpublished < 2021) %>%
filter(!is.na(averageweight)) %>%
nest() %>%
mutate(model = map(data, ~ lm(average ~ averageweight,
data = .x))) %>%
mutate(tidied = map(model, tidy, se="robust", conf.int=T)) %>%
mutate(augmented = map(model, augment)) %>%
mutate(glanced = map(model, glance))
# look at coefficient
complexity_model %>%
select(tidied) %>%
unnest() %>%
mutate_if(is.numeric, round, 3) %>%
flextable() %>%
flextable::autofit()
term | estimate | std.error | statistic | p.value | conf.low | conf.high |
(Intercept) | 5.211 | 0.015 | 355.615 | 0 | 5.182 | 5.240 |
averageweight | 0.580 | 0.007 | 85.924 | 0 | 0.567 | 0.594 |
# look at model fit
complexity_model %>%
select(glanced) %>%
unnest() %>%
mutate_if(is.numeric, round, 2) %>%
select(r.squared,
sigma,
nobs) %>%
gather() %>%
flextable() %>%
flextable::autofit()
key | value |
r.squared | 0.26 |
sigma | 0.78 |
nobs | 20,534.00 |
The intercept indicates the average rating of a game with a complexity of 0, which is kind of nonsensical. The coefficient indicates the effect of a unit increase in the complexity of a game on the average rating. Putting these two together tells us that a game with a complexity rating of 1 would have a rating of 5.79. A game with a complexity rating of 5, meanwhile, would have a rating of 8.11.
The model indicates that the complexity of a game explains about 26% of the variation in average ratings (R-squared, which simply is the correlation coefficient (R) we saw earlier squared). So it’s not the only thing that matters, but it has a pretty sizeable impact on the average rating and the corresponding geek rating.
We don’t really care about the model per se, we just want to get the residuals.
# histogram
complexity_model %>%
select(augmented) %>%
unnest() %>%
ggplot(., aes(x=.resid))+
geom_histogram(bins=80)+
theme_phil()
The point of the residuals is that they are the variation in a game’s average rating that is not explained by complexity, meaning we will see no correlation between complexity and the residuals.
# look at individual residuals
complexity_model %>%
select(data, augmented) %>%
unnest() %>%
select(yearpublished, game_id, name, usersrated, average, .resid, averageweight) %>%
ggplot(., aes(x=averageweight, y=.resid)) +
geom_point(alpha = 0.25)+
theme_phil()+
geom_smooth(method = "lm",
formula = 'y ~ x',
col = "red")+
xlab("complexity")+
ylab("Residual")

A positive residual in this case is a game that has a higher than expected average given its complexity. But, we can’t just adjust the ratings alone because it skews heavily towards games that have a highly inflated average rating due to a only having a handful of users.
yearpublished | game_id | name | usersrated | average | bayesaverage | .resid | averageweight | adj_average |
2019 | 290500 | Flip & Fish | 30 | 9.14 | 5.52 | 3.35 | 1.00 | 9.73 |
2018 | 236332 | Animator vs Animation | 48 | 9.06 | 5.50 | 3.27 | 1.00 | 9.65 |
2020 | 260037 | Composition | 39 | 9.03 | 5.52 | 3.24 | 1.00 | 9.62 |
2017 | 219666 | Ciudad de Cartón | 37 | 8.72 | 5.51 | 2.93 | 1.00 | 9.31 |
2020 | 281257 | Aeolis | 40 | 9.25 | 5.52 | 2.88 | 2.00 | 9.26 |
2018 | 228370 | TerroriXico | 70 | 9.43 | 5.50 | 2.77 | 2.50 | 9.15 |
2020 | 310846 | Urgency | 41 | 9.10 | 5.53 | 2.73 | 2.00 | 9.11 |
2018 | 198005 | Revanche | 50 | 8.73 | 5.54 | 2.65 | 1.50 | 9.03 |
2019 | 284111 | Drinks & Daggers | 64 | 8.99 | 5.51 | 2.62 | 2.00 | 9.00 |
2012 | 130357 | Go First Dice | 50 | 8.38 | 5.58 | 2.59 | 1.00 | 8.97 |
2005 | 20414 | RPGQuest: Greek Mythology | 45 | 8.80 | 5.51 | 2.59 | 1.73 | 8.97 |
2020 | 315219 | Black It Out | 73 | 8.32 | 5.55 | 2.53 | 1.00 | 8.91 |
2019 | 283152 | Monikers: Serious Nonsense | 236 | 8.31 | 5.84 | 2.52 | 1.00 | 8.90 |
2015 | 171500 | El Dorado Canyon | 30 | 8.74 | 5.52 | 2.51 | 1.75 | 8.89 |
2020 | 309545 | Lucky Little Luxembourg | 37 | 8.69 | 5.55 | 2.48 | 1.71 | 8.86 |
2015 | 203560 | Fall of Magic | 62 | 8.27 | 5.59 | 2.48 | 1.00 | 8.86 |
2017 | 233951 | Vilar de Mouros | 36 | 8.25 | 5.51 | 2.46 | 1.00 | 8.84 |
2020 | 288276 | Tough Calls: Dystopia | 38 | 8.21 | 5.54 | 2.42 | 1.00 | 8.80 |
2009 | 151070 | Gladiatoris | 31 | 9.23 | 5.52 | 2.39 | 2.80 | 8.77 |
2014 | 160950 | The Badger Deck | 38 | 8.18 | 5.55 | 2.39 | 1.00 | 8.77 |
2018 | 251253 | Heroes & Treasure | 34 | 8.50 | 5.52 | 2.32 | 1.67 | 8.70 |
2018 | 263351 | Abstratus | 65 | 8.11 | 5.57 | 2.32 | 1.00 | 8.70 |
2017 | 221248 | Monikers: The Shut Up & Sit Down Nonsense Box | 354 | 8.11 | 5.95 | 2.32 | 1.00 | 8.70 |
2006 | 26386 | RPGQuest: Oriental Adventures | 38 | 8.49 | 5.51 | 2.31 | 1.67 | 8.69 |
2016 | 195709 | Monikers: Something Something | 221 | 8.09 | 5.80 | 2.30 | 1.00 | 8.68 |
We will adjust this using an approach similar to their Bayesian averaging methodology, adding 1000 ratings at the average of 5.5
# adjusted bayesian
complexity_adjusted_ratings <- complexity_model %>%
select(data, augmented) %>%
unnest() %>%
mutate(adj_average = .resid + mean(average, na.rm=T)) %>%
mutate(adj_bayesaverage = ((usersrated*adj_average) + (5.5*1000)) / (usersrated + 1000)) %>%
arrange(desc(adj_bayesaverage)) %>%
mutate(adj_rank = row_number(),
date = as.Date(timestamp),
game_id = as.character(game_id))
We can put this all together to now look at games that are rated highly after adjusting for the effect of complexity. We’ll look at the top 250 to keep it simple.
published | game_id | name | geekrank | adjustedrank | rankdiff | geekrating | adjustedrating | complexity |
1876 | 521 | Crokinole | 60 | 1 | 59 | 7.68 | 8.20 | 1.25 |
2015 | 161936 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8.44 | 8.06 | 2.83 |
2018 | 254640 | Just One | 142 | 3 | 139 | 7.40 | 8.03 | 1.04 |
2015 | 178900 | Codenames | 102 | 4 | 98 | 7.50 | 7.99 | 1.28 |
2015 | 173346 | 7 Wonders Duel | 18 | 5 | 13 | 7.98 | 7.95 | 2.23 |
2020 | 318977 | MicroMacro: Crime City | 211 | 6 | 205 | 7.27 | 7.91 | 1.13 |
2017 | 230802 | Azul | 61 | 7 | 54 | 7.68 | 7.90 | 1.76 |
2019 | 284083 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 45 | 8 | 37 | 7.77 | 7.88 | 1.98 |
2019 | 266507 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 30 | 10 | 20 | 7.87 | 7.86 | 2.69 |
2014 | 165722 | KLASK | 246 | 9 | 237 | 7.20 | 7.86 | 1.08 |
2018 | 244521 | The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 57 | 12 | 45 | 7.69 | 7.82 | 1.95 |
2014 | 163412 | Patchwork | 95 | 11 | 84 | 7.53 | 7.82 | 1.62 |
2015 | 156546 | Monikers | 313 | 13 | 300 | 7.11 | 7.82 | 1.06 |
2019 | 266192 | Wingspan | 23 | 14 | 9 | 7.94 | 7.81 | 2.44 |
2011 | 92828 | Dixit: Odyssey | 237 | 15 | 222 | 7.22 | 7.80 | 1.18 |
2017 | 224037 | Codenames: Duet | 183 | 17 | 166 | 7.32 | 7.78 | 1.35 |
2009 | 46213 | Telestrations | 273 | 16 | 257 | 7.17 | 7.78 | 1.08 |
2018 | 225694 | Decrypto | 99 | 18 | 81 | 7.52 | 7.77 | 1.79 |
2016 | 192291 | Sushi Go Party! | 210 | 19 | 191 | 7.28 | 7.77 | 1.31 |
2009 | 54043 | Jaipur | 146 | 20 | 126 | 7.39 | 7.76 | 1.48 |
2016 | 204583 | Kingdomino | 233 | 21 | 212 | 7.23 | 7.75 | 1.22 |
2012 | 129622 | Love Letter | 290 | 22 | 268 | 7.14 | 7.68 | 1.19 |
2016 | 167791 | Terraforming Mars | 4 | 23 | -19 | 8.27 | 7.67 | 3.25 |
2008 | 39856 | Dixit | 302 | 24 | 278 | 7.13 | 7.67 | 1.21 |
2019 | 263918 | Cartographers | 108 | 25 | 83 | 7.48 | 7.66 | 1.89 |
2020 | 316554 | Dune: Imperium | 15 | 26 | -11 | 8.01 | 7.65 | 2.98 |
2016 | 209010 | Mechs vs. Minions | 53 | 27 | 26 | 7.71 | 7.64 | 2.42 |
2016 | 188834 | Secret Hitler | 202 | 28 | 174 | 7.29 | 7.64 | 1.68 |
2019 | 262543 | Wavelength | 398 | 29 | 369 | 7.00 | 7.64 | 1.12 |
2016 | 201808 | Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 68 | 30 | 38 | 7.65 | 7.63 | 2.22 |
2012 | 128882 | The Resistance: Avalon | 151 | 31 | 120 | 7.38 | 7.63 | 1.76 |
2017 | 232832 | Century: Golem Edition | 207 | 32 | 175 | 7.28 | 7.63 | 1.68 |
2020 | 291457 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 5 | 33 | -28 | 8.26 | 7.62 | 3.59 |
2014 | 156129 | Deception: Murder in Hong Kong | 206 | 35 | 171 | 7.28 | 7.62 | 1.59 |
2018 | 260605 | Camel Up (Second Edition) | 294 | 34 | 260 | 7.14 | 7.62 | 1.46 |
2017 | 174430 | Gloomhaven | 1 | 36 | -35 | 8.50 | 7.61 | 3.87 |
2018 | 233867 | Welcome To... | 134 | 37 | 97 | 7.42 | 7.61 | 1.82 |
2015 | 182631 | Star Realms: Colony Wars | 178 | 38 | 140 | 7.33 | 7.60 | 1.90 |
2019 | 253344 | Cthulhu: Death May Die | 115 | 41 | 74 | 7.47 | 7.59 | 2.40 |
1997 | 172 | For Sale | 314 | 42 | 272 | 7.11 | 7.59 | 1.26 |
2019 | 274960 | Point Salad | 382 | 40 | 342 | 7.03 | 7.59 | 1.16 |
2011 | 92415 | Skull | 393 | 39 | 354 | 7.01 | 7.59 | 1.13 |
2018 | 244522 | That's Pretty Clever! | 137 | 44 | 93 | 7.41 | 7.58 | 1.89 |
2016 | 199478 | Flamme Rouge | 214 | 45 | 169 | 7.26 | 7.58 | 1.69 |
2016 | 198773 | Codenames: Pictures | 355 | 47 | 308 | 7.06 | 7.58 | 1.24 |
1995 | 150 | PitchCar | 403 | 46 | 357 | 7.00 | 7.58 | 1.13 |
2019 | 277085 | Love Letter | 498 | 43 | 455 | 6.91 | 7.58 | 1.13 |
2018 | 199792 | Everdell | 27 | 51 | -24 | 7.88 | 7.57 | 2.81 |
2016 | 205059 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 43 | 52 | -9 | 7.78 | 7.57 | 2.67 |
2014 | 147020 | Star Realms | 124 | 48 | 76 | 7.44 | 7.57 | 1.94 |
2018 | 239188 | Chronicles of Crime | 181 | 50 | 131 | 7.32 | 7.57 | 2.07 |
2019 | 274637 | Unmatched: Battle of Legends, Volume One | 245 | 49 | 196 | 7.21 | 7.57 | 1.90 |
2019 | 285774 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 37 | 53 | -16 | 7.81 | 7.56 | 2.87 |
2005 | 14996 | Ticket to Ride: Europe | 132 | 54 | 78 | 7.42 | 7.56 | 1.93 |
2019 | 287954 | Azul: Summer Pavilion | 139 | 58 | 81 | 7.41 | 7.56 | 2.03 |
2019 | 282524 | Horrified | 154 | 57 | 97 | 7.37 | 7.56 | 2.04 |
2020 | 294484 | Unmatched: Cobble & Fog | 277 | 55 | 222 | 7.15 | 7.56 | 1.96 |
2008 | 36553 | Time's Up! Title Recall! | 451 | 56 | 395 | 6.95 | 7.56 | 1.19 |
2019 | 281259 | The Isle of Cats | 96 | 60 | 36 | 7.53 | 7.55 | 2.31 |
2019 | 266524 | PARKS | 116 | 59 | 57 | 7.47 | 7.55 | 2.16 |
2017 | 217372 | The Quest for El Dorado | 145 | 61 | 84 | 7.40 | 7.55 | 1.93 |
2013 | 158600 | Hanamikoji | 212 | 62 | 150 | 7.27 | 7.55 | 1.72 |
2014 | 148228 | Splendor | 185 | 63 | 122 | 7.32 | 7.54 | 1.79 |
2020 | 312484 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 31 | 68 | -37 | 7.86 | 7.53 | 2.86 |
2020 | 314040 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 | 70 | 66 | 4 | 7.64 | 7.53 | 3.02 |
2010 | 68448 | 7 Wonders | 75 | 67 | 8 | 7.63 | 7.53 | 2.32 |
2016 | 194655 | Santorini | 200 | 64 | 136 | 7.29 | 7.53 | 1.73 |
2016 | 193042 | Junk Art | 441 | 65 | 376 | 6.95 | 7.53 | 1.23 |
2011 | 84876 | The Castles of Burgundy | 16 | 69 | -53 | 8.01 | 7.52 | 3.00 |
2017 | 199561 | Sagrada | 163 | 72 | 91 | 7.36 | 7.50 | 1.93 |
2016 | 198994 | Hero Realms | 215 | 71 | 144 | 7.26 | 7.50 | 1.90 |
2018 | 256952 | Zombie Kidz Evolution | 495 | 70 | 425 | 6.91 | 7.50 | 1.39 |
2018 | 224517 | Brass: Birmingham | 3 | 77 | -74 | 8.42 | 7.49 | 3.90 |
2015 | 183394 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 25 | 79 | -54 | 7.89 | 7.49 | 2.89 |
2019 | 269385 | TheLordoftheRings:JourneysinMiddle-Earth | 89 | 78 | 11 | 7.55 | 7.49 | 2.61 |
2019 | 274364 | Watergate | 131 | 82 | 49 | 7.43 | 7.49 | 2.27 |
2007 | 31627 | Ticket to Ride: Nordic Countries | 170 | 73 | 97 | 7.35 | 7.49 | 1.98 |
2004 | 9209 | Ticket to Ride | 194 | 81 | 113 | 7.30 | 7.49 | 1.84 |
2016 | 209418 | Dominion (Second Edition) | 195 | 75 | 120 | 7.30 | 7.49 | 2.15 |
2017 | 223040 | Fantasy Realms | 255 | 76 | 179 | 7.19 | 7.49 | 1.74 |
2018 | 230253 | Star Realms: Frontiers | 315 | 74 | 241 | 7.11 | 7.49 | 1.87 |
2011 | 153016 | Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack | 604 | 80 | 524 | 6.80 | 7.49 | 1.07 |
2013 | 124361 | Concordia | 19 | 83 | -64 | 7.97 | 7.48 | 3.01 |
2020 | 279537 | The Search for Planet X | 167 | 86 | 81 | 7.35 | 7.48 | 2.32 |
2004 | 12942 | No Thanks! | 459 | 84 | 375 | 6.94 | 7.48 | 1.14 |
2013 | 133473 | Sushi Go! | 476 | 85 | 391 | 6.92 | 7.48 | 1.16 |
2018 | 167355 | Nemesis | 17 | 87 | -70 | 7.99 | 7.47 | 3.40 |
2014 | 160477 | Onitama | 263 | 89 | 174 | 7.18 | 7.47 | 1.68 |
2016 | 196326 | Love Letter Premium | 496 | 88 | 408 | 6.91 | 7.47 | 1.30 |
2019 | 271324 | It's a Wonderful World | 130 | 91 | 39 | 7.43 | 7.46 | 2.30 |
2000 | 822 | Carcassonne | 192 | 90 | 102 | 7.31 | 7.46 | 1.90 |
2012 | 110327 | Lords of Waterdeep | 77 | 93 | -16 | 7.62 | 7.45 | 2.46 |
2009 | 41114 | The Resistance | 304 | 94 | 210 | 7.13 | 7.45 | 1.61 |
1999 | 50 | Lost Cities | 321 | 92 | 229 | 7.10 | 7.45 | 1.49 |
2020 | 246900 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 32 | 95 | -63 | 7.85 | 7.44 | 3.57 |
2015 | 170216 | Blood Rage | 36 | 99 | -63 | 7.81 | 7.44 | 2.88 |
2018 | 249259 | War Chest | 184 | 97 | 87 | 7.32 | 7.44 | 2.33 |
2011 | 70323 | King of Tokyo | 343 | 96 | 247 | 7.07 | 7.44 | 1.49 |
2019 | 270673 | Silver & Gold | 534 | 98 | 436 | 6.87 | 7.44 | 1.18 |
2020 | 283155 | Calico | 172 | 101 | 71 | 7.34 | 7.43 | 2.19 |
2019 | 268864 | Undaunted: Normandy | 187 | 104 | 83 | 7.31 | 7.43 | 2.24 |
2020 | 295486 | My City | 242 | 103 | 139 | 7.21 | 7.43 | 2.03 |
2020 | 302723 | Forgotten Waters | 279 | 102 | 177 | 7.15 | 7.43 | 2.11 |
2017 | 219513 | Bärenpark | 301 | 100 | 201 | 7.13 | 7.43 | 1.64 |
2012 | 117959 | Las Vegas | 526 | 105 | 421 | 6.88 | 7.43 | 1.18 |
2016 | 191189 | Aeon's End | 64 | 106 | -42 | 7.66 | 7.42 | 2.78 |
2018 | 244271 | Dice Throne: Season Two – Battle Chest | 335 | 107 | 228 | 7.07 | 7.42 | 2.16 |
2014 | 164928 | Orléans | 28 | 112 | -84 | 7.88 | 7.41 | 3.04 |
2017 | 180263 | The 7th Continent | 56 | 109 | -53 | 7.71 | 7.41 | 2.90 |
2009 | 40834 | Dominion: Intrigue | 88 | 108 | -20 | 7.55 | 7.41 | 2.42 |
1982 | 2653 | Survive: Escape from Atlantis! | 296 | 111 | 185 | 7.13 | 7.41 | 1.70 |
2012 | 121288 | Dixit: Journey | 564 | 110 | 454 | 6.83 | 7.41 | 1.26 |
2014 | 147949 | One Night Ultimate Werewolf | 461 | 114 | 347 | 6.94 | 7.40 | 1.38 |
1999 | 1353 | Time's Up! | 550 | 113 | 437 | 6.84 | 7.40 | 1.21 |
2008 | 36218 | Dominion | 104 | 118 | -14 | 7.50 | 7.39 | 2.35 |
2017 | 218417 | Aeon's End: War Eternal | 110 | 117 | -7 | 7.48 | 7.39 | 2.93 |
2017 | 209685 | Century: Spice Road | 275 | 115 | 160 | 7.16 | 7.39 | 1.78 |
2020 | 298047 | Marvel United | 377 | 116 | 261 | 7.03 | 7.39 | 1.82 |
2015 | 168584 | Love Letter: Batman | 602 | 119 | 483 | 6.80 | 7.39 | 1.20 |
2017 | 233371 | Clank! In! Space!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 106 | 122 | -16 | 7.49 | 7.38 | 2.53 |
2018 | 242302 | Space Base | 191 | 120 | 71 | 7.31 | 7.38 | 2.12 |
2020 | 293014 | Nidavellir | 223 | 121 | 102 | 7.25 | 7.38 | 2.14 |
2016 | 169786 | Scythe | 14 | 126 | -112 | 8.06 | 7.37 | 3.43 |
2015 | 170042 | Raiders of the North Sea | 92 | 124 | -32 | 7.55 | 7.37 | 2.54 |
2016 | 198928 | Pandemic: Iberia | 112 | 123 | -11 | 7.48 | 7.37 | 2.58 |
2000 | 760 | Battle Line | 243 | 125 | 118 | 7.21 | 7.37 | 1.90 |
2019 | 264055 | Draftosaurus | 553 | 127 | 426 | 6.84 | 7.37 | 1.26 |
2016 | 187645 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8 | 129 | -121 | 8.17 | 7.36 | 3.73 |
2016 | 171131 | Captain Sonar | 173 | 128 | 45 | 7.34 | 7.36 | 2.17 |
2018 | 245654 | Railroad Ink: Deep Blue Edition | 457 | 130 | 327 | 6.94 | 7.36 | 1.48 |
2012 | 135779 | A Fake Artist Goes to New York | 651 | 132 | 519 | 6.76 | 7.35 | 1.15 |
2017 | 218333 | Rhino Hero: Super Battle | 685 | 131 | 554 | 6.73 | 7.35 | 1.11 |
2008 | 30549 | Pandemic | 109 | 135 | -26 | 7.48 | 7.34 | 2.41 |
2012 | 118048 | Targi | 128 | 134 | -6 | 7.44 | 7.34 | 2.35 |
2004 | 10630 | Memoir '44 | 150 | 136 | 14 | 7.38 | 7.34 | 2.27 |
2015 | 163166 | One Night Ultimate Werewolf: Daybreak | 546 | 133 | 413 | 6.85 | 7.34 | 1.42 |
2017 | 215311 | Downforce | 364 | 137 | 227 | 7.05 | 7.33 | 1.73 |
2015 | 183251 | Karuba | 489 | 138 | 351 | 6.91 | 7.33 | 1.45 |
1994 | 432 | 6 nimmt! | 591 | 139 | 452 | 6.81 | 7.33 | 1.20 |
2004 | 16747 | Tumblin-Dice | 747 | 140 | 607 | 6.69 | 7.33 | 1.04 |
2005 | 12333 | Twilight Struggle | 13 | 142 | -129 | 8.11 | 7.32 | 3.60 |
2012 | 103885 | Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game | 129 | 144 | -15 | 7.44 | 7.32 | 2.49 |
2018 | 244992 | The Mind | 697 | 141 | 556 | 6.72 | 7.32 | 1.07 |
2011 | 91514 | Rhino Hero | 762 | 143 | 619 | 6.68 | 7.32 | 1.02 |
2015 | 172287 | Champions of Midgard | 107 | 147 | -40 | 7.49 | 7.31 | 2.59 |
2016 | 189932 | Tyrants of the Underdark | 175 | 145 | 30 | 7.34 | 7.31 | 2.55 |
2020 | 306735 | Under Falling Skies | 201 | 146 | 55 | 7.29 | 7.31 | 2.46 |
2019 | 264241 | Mandala | 430 | 148 | 282 | 6.96 | 7.31 | 1.77 |
2017 | 206718 | Ethnos | 257 | 151 | 106 | 7.19 | 7.30 | 2.03 |
2013 | 150145 | Skull King | 445 | 155 | 290 | 6.95 | 7.30 | 1.71 |
2019 | 274638 | Unmatched: Robin Hood vs. Bigfoot | 529 | 153 | 376 | 6.87 | 7.30 | 1.93 |
2012 | 131357 | Coup | 533 | 149 | 384 | 6.87 | 7.30 | 1.41 |
2003 | 5782 | Coloretto | 568 | 152 | 416 | 6.83 | 7.30 | 1.28 |
2020 | 260180 | Project L | 594 | 154 | 440 | 6.80 | 7.30 | 1.51 |
2014 | 169654 | Deep Sea Adventure | 673 | 150 | 523 | 6.75 | 7.30 | 1.17 |
2018 | 236457 | Architects of the West Kingdom | 81 | 159 | -78 | 7.58 | 7.29 | 2.76 |
2015 | 181304 | Mysterium | 291 | 158 | 133 | 7.14 | 7.29 | 1.91 |
2007 | 34219 | Biblios | 384 | 160 | 224 | 7.02 | 7.29 | 1.68 |
1999 | 372 | Schotten Totten | 392 | 156 | 236 | 7.01 | 7.29 | 1.73 |
2017 | 221965 | The Fox in the Forest | 448 | 162 | 286 | 6.95 | 7.29 | 1.58 |
2017 | 207830 | 5-Minute Dungeon | 820 | 161 | 659 | 6.65 | 7.29 | 1.12 |
2017 | 227456 | Escape the Dark Castle | 1,291 | 157 | 1,134 | 6.37 | 7.29 | 1.22 |
2019 | 264220 | Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon | 80 | 163 | -83 | 7.58 | 7.28 | 3.29 |
2014 | 153938 | Camel Up | 502 | 164 | 338 | 6.90 | 7.28 | 1.48 |
2013 | 143741 | BANG! The Dice Game | 609 | 165 | 444 | 6.79 | 7.28 | 1.28 |
2017 | 221107 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 42 | 170 | -128 | 7.78 | 7.27 | 3.24 |
2019 | 262712 | Res Arcana | 120 | 167 | -47 | 7.46 | 7.27 | 2.61 |
2018 | 233398 | Endeavor: Age of Sail | 122 | 169 | -47 | 7.44 | 7.27 | 2.81 |
2018 | 251658 | Sprawlopolis | 391 | 171 | 220 | 7.01 | 7.27 | 1.85 |
2014 | 157969 | Sheriff of Nottingham | 404 | 168 | 236 | 6.99 | 7.27 | 1.65 |
2005 | 20100 | Wits & Wagers | 654 | 166 | 488 | 6.76 | 7.27 | 1.21 |
2017 | 233078 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 6 | 174 | -168 | 8.26 | 7.26 | 4.26 |
2016 | 193738 | Great Western Trail | 12 | 176 | -164 | 8.12 | 7.26 | 3.71 |
1991 | 215 | Tichu | 189 | 172 | 17 | 7.31 | 7.26 | 2.34 |
2016 | 199042 | Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle | 310 | 173 | 137 | 7.12 | 7.26 | 2.09 |
2019 | 283864 | Trails of Tucana | 735 | 175 | 560 | 6.70 | 7.26 | 1.25 |
2016 | 205637 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 24 | 178 | -154 | 7.93 | 7.25 | 3.49 |
2014 | 157354 | Five Tribes | 74 | 181 | -107 | 7.63 | 7.25 | 2.85 |
2008 | 34635 | Stone Age | 127 | 179 | -52 | 7.44 | 7.25 | 2.47 |
2015 | 176189 | Zombicide: Black Plague | 198 | 177 | 21 | 7.29 | 7.25 | 2.50 |
2014 | 156009 | Port Royal | 473 | 182 | 291 | 6.93 | 7.25 | 1.62 |
2005 | 15512 | Diamant | 748 | 180 | 568 | 6.69 | 7.25 | 1.11 |
2020 | 316377 | 7 Wonders (Second Edition) | 497 | 186 | 311 | 6.91 | 7.24 | 2.23 |
1995 | 220 | High Society | 537 | 185 | 352 | 6.87 | 7.24 | 1.50 |
1980 | 41 | Can't Stop | 736 | 184 | 552 | 6.70 | 7.24 | 1.16 |
2012 | 131260 | Qwixx | 793 | 183 | 610 | 6.67 | 7.24 | 1.11 |
2014 | 146652 | LegendaryEncounters:AnAlienDeckBuildingGame | 125 | 191 | -66 | 7.44 | 7.23 | 2.71 |
2018 | 256916 | Concordia Venus | 148 | 188 | -40 | 7.38 | 7.23 | 3.06 |
2018 | 231733 | Obsession | 152 | 187 | -35 | 7.38 | 7.23 | 3.16 |
2012 | 129437 | Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game | 197 | 192 | 5 | 7.29 | 7.23 | 2.44 |
2011 | 70919 | Takenoko | 305 | 189 | 116 | 7.13 | 7.23 | 1.97 |
2018 | 246192 | Gizmos | 328 | 190 | 138 | 7.09 | 7.23 | 2.02 |
2016 | 204305 | ShrlckHlmsCnsltngDtctv:JckthRppr&WstEndAdvntr | 337 | 193 | 144 | 7.07 | 7.23 | 2.20 |
1982 | 2511 | SherlockHolmsCnsltngDtctv:ThThmsMrdrs&OthrCss | 113 | 195 | -82 | 7.47 | 7.22 | 2.67 |
2011 | 25021 | Sekigahara: The Unification of Japan | 166 | 196 | -30 | 7.35 | 7.22 | 2.79 |
2018 | 256226 | Azul: Stained Glass of Sintra | 339 | 198 | 141 | 7.07 | 7.22 | 2.01 |
2019 | 245655 | The King's Dilemma | 380 | 194 | 186 | 7.03 | 7.22 | 2.30 |
2017 | 219215 | Werewords | 824 | 197 | 627 | 6.64 | 7.22 | 1.16 |
2002 | 3076 | Puerto Rico | 34 | 204 | -170 | 7.83 | 7.21 | 3.28 |
2015 | 176494 | Isle of Skye: From Chieftain to King | 218 | 202 | 16 | 7.26 | 7.21 | 2.24 |
2017 | 186751 | Mythic Battles: Pantheon | 338 | 201 | 137 | 7.07 | 7.21 | 3.04 |
2010 | 98778 | Hanabi | 424 | 199 | 225 | 6.97 | 7.21 | 1.69 |
1800 | 45 | Perudo | 713 | 200 | 513 | 6.72 | 7.21 | 1.26 |
2014 | 166384 | Spyfall | 723 | 203 | 520 | 6.71 | 7.21 | 1.24 |
2016 | 155821 | Inis | 101 | 210 | -109 | 7.51 | 7.20 | 2.88 |
1999 | 12 | Ra | 188 | 207 | -19 | 7.31 | 7.20 | 2.35 |
2014 | 155068 | Arcadia Quest | 213 | 211 | 2 | 7.27 | 7.20 | 2.53 |
2019 | 241451 | Aeon's End: Legacy | 227 | 212 | 15 | 7.24 | 7.20 | 2.84 |
2019 | 271896 | Star Wars: Outer Rim | 239 | 214 | 25 | 7.21 | 7.20 | 2.49 |
2018 | 246784 | Cryptid | 269 | 217 | 52 | 7.17 | 7.20 | 2.23 |
2016 | 188866 | Awkward Guests | 312 | 215 | 97 | 7.11 | 7.20 | 2.31 |
2019 | 270633 | Aeon's End: The New Age | 344 | 208 | 136 | 7.07 | 7.20 | 2.93 |
2017 | 194594 | Dice Forge | 361 | 209 | 152 | 7.06 | 7.20 | 1.97 |
2020 | 319966 | The King Is Dead: Second Edition | 452 | 216 | 236 | 6.94 | 7.20 | 2.12 |
1997 | 11 | Bohnanza | 466 | 213 | 253 | 6.93 | 7.20 | 1.67 |
2019 | 258210 | Blitzkrieg!: World War Two in 20 Minutes | 531 | 206 | 325 | 6.87 | 7.20 | 1.85 |
2016 | 177524 | ICECOOL | 907 | 205 | 702 | 6.59 | 7.20 | 1.03 |
2018 | 223321 | Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game | 180 | 227 | -47 | 7.33 | 7.19 | 2.74 |
1992 | 118 | Modern Art | 219 | 223 | -4 | 7.26 | 7.19 | 2.30 |
2014 | 166669 | San Juan (Second Edition) | 352 | 218 | 134 | 7.06 | 7.19 | 2.07 |
2015 | 180974 | Potion Explosion | 453 | 222 | 231 | 6.94 | 7.19 | 1.76 |
2019 | 247367 | Air, Land & Sea | 536 | 221 | 315 | 6.87 | 7.19 | 1.80 |
2018 | 216734 | Dice Throne: Season One | 539 | 219 | 320 | 6.86 | 7.19 | 2.05 |
2012 | 113294 | Escape: The Curse of the Temple | 578 | 224 | 354 | 6.82 | 7.19 | 1.48 |
2018 | 251678 | Railroad Ink: Blazing Red Edition | 693 | 225 | 468 | 6.73 | 7.19 | 1.42 |
2015 | 175117 | Celestia | 733 | 226 | 507 | 6.70 | 7.19 | 1.33 |
2014 | 155362 | Ca$h 'n Guns (Second Edition) | 742 | 220 | 522 | 6.69 | 7.19 | 1.25 |
2006 | 14105 | Commands & Colors: Ancients | 168 | 233 | -65 | 7.35 | 7.18 | 2.69 |
2016 | 169426 | Roll Player | 204 | 235 | -31 | 7.28 | 7.18 | 2.41 |
2015 | 163967 | Tiny Epic Galaxies | 282 | 231 | 51 | 7.15 | 7.18 | 2.15 |
2015 | 161614 | Stockpile | 365 | 228 | 137 | 7.05 | 7.18 | 2.12 |
2017 | 195314 | Herbaceous | 879 | 232 | 647 | 6.60 | 7.18 | 1.19 |
2018 | 256788 | Detective Club | 882 | 234 | 648 | 6.60 | 7.18 | 1.27 |
2019 | 270314 | Ohanami | 918 | 230 | 688 | 6.58 | 7.18 | 1.13 |
2013 | 145639 | Coconuts | 964 | 229 | 735 | 6.55 | 7.18 | 1.04 |
2014 | 164153 | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 52 | 237 | -185 | 7.72 | 7.17 | 3.30 |
2014 | 148949 | Istanbul | 135 | 236 | -101 | 7.42 | 7.17 | 2.59 |
2015 | 140934 | Arboretum | 285 | 239 | 46 | 7.15 | 7.17 | 2.15 |
2007 | 28023 | Jamaica | 516 | 238 | 278 | 6.88 | 7.17 | 1.65 |
2017 | 192135 | Too Many Bones | 38 | 243 | -205 | 7.81 | 7.16 | 3.85 |
2007 | 28143 | Race for the Galaxy | 67 | 244 | -177 | 7.65 | 7.16 | 2.99 |
2008 | 39463 | Cosmic Encounter | 160 | 248 | -88 | 7.37 | 7.16 | 2.58 |
2015 | 176920 | Mission: Red Planet (Second Edition) | 299 | 241 | 58 | 7.13 | 7.16 | 2.20 |
2019 | 265736 | Tiny Towns | 336 | 246 | 90 | 7.07 | 7.16 | 2.07 |
2014 | 158899 | Colt Express | 418 | 242 | 176 | 6.98 | 7.16 | 1.82 |
2016 | 198454 | When I Dream | 904 | 247 | 657 | 6.59 | 7.16 | 1.19 |
2005 | 17329 | Animal Upon Animal | 969 | 245 | 724 | 6.55 | 7.16 | 1.04 |
2014 | 172931 | Outfoxed! | 989 | 240 | 749 | 6.54 | 7.16 | 1.13 |
2011 | 115746 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 11 | 249 | -238 | 8.14 | 7.15 | 4.18 |
2007 | 31481 | Galaxy Trucker | 216 | 252 | -36 | 7.26 | 7.15 | 2.33 |
This gets us a list of games that is wildly different than before, and it’s a list of games that are much more palatable to “normal people”. In my mind, Crokinole taking the top spot makes a ton of sense and I will die on this hill.
I’ll make an interactive table here so it’s easy to search for games and compare how games stack up on the different rankings.
Which games have moved up and down the most? We can look at the difference between the BGG Rank and the Complexity adjusted ranks.

We want to focus in on the games that see a positive and negative shift in particular. Let’s look at the games that are penalized the most.
date | name | geekrating | adjustedrating | rating_diff |
2022-03-06 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 8.14 | 6.93 | -1.21 |
2022-03-06 | Mage Knight Board Game | 7.88 | 6.71 | -1.16 |
2022-03-06 | Gaia Project | 8.17 | 7.03 | -1.15 |
2022-03-06 | On Mars | 7.71 | 6.59 | -1.12 |
2022-03-06 | Lisboa | 7.68 | 6.58 | -1.10 |
2022-03-06 | Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 7.67 | 6.59 | -1.08 |
2022-03-06 | Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 7.55 | 6.47 | -1.08 |
2022-03-06 | Food Chain Magnate | 7.83 | 6.77 | -1.07 |
2022-03-06 | The Gallerist | 7.68 | 6.65 | -1.04 |
2022-03-06 | Dominant Species | 7.61 | 6.60 | -1.01 |
2022-03-06 | Terra Mystica | 7.96 | 6.95 | -1.01 |
2022-03-06 | Spirit Island | 8.14 | 7.14 | -1.00 |
2022-03-06 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 8.26 | 7.26 | -1.00 |
2022-03-06 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 8.14 | 7.15 | -0.99 |
2022-03-06 | Kanban: Driver's Edition | 7.29 | 6.33 | -0.96 |
2022-03-06 | Die Macher | 7.10 | 6.15 | -0.94 |
2022-03-06 | Trickerion: Legends of Illusion | 7.47 | 6.54 | -0.94 |
2022-03-06 | Brass: Birmingham | 8.42 | 7.49 | -0.93 |
2022-03-06 | Alchemists | 7.44 | 6.51 | -0.93 |
2022-03-06 | Brass: Lancashire | 7.96 | 7.04 | -0.92 |
2022-03-06 | Anachrony | 7.75 | 6.85 | -0.90 |
2022-03-06 | Caylus | 7.57 | 6.67 | -0.90 |
2022-03-06 | Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 7.64 | 6.74 | -0.90 |
2022-03-06 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 7.82 | 6.92 | -0.90 |
2022-03-06 | Barrage | 7.79 | 6.90 | -0.89 |
2022-03-06 | Gloomhaven | 8.50 | 7.61 | -0.89 |
2022-03-06 | Le Havre | 7.71 | 6.82 | -0.89 |
2022-03-06 | A Feast for Odin | 7.95 | 7.07 | -0.89 |
2022-03-06 | Sid Meier's Civilization: The Board Game | 7.14 | 6.26 | -0.88 |
2022-03-06 | Mombasa | 7.55 | 6.68 | -0.87 |
2022-03-06 | Great Western Trail | 8.12 | 7.26 | -0.86 |
2022-03-06 | Go | 7.32 | 6.46 | -0.86 |
2022-03-06 | Ora et Labora | 7.37 | 6.51 | -0.86 |
2022-03-06 | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 7.74 | 6.88 | -0.85 |
2022-03-06 | Madeira | 6.96 | 6.12 | -0.85 |
2022-03-06 | Agricola | 7.80 | 6.96 | -0.85 |
2022-03-06 | Age of Steam | 7.44 | 6.60 | -0.85 |
2022-03-06 | Vinhos | 6.92 | 6.08 | -0.84 |
2022-03-06 | Advanced Squad Leader | 7.05 | 6.22 | -0.83 |
2022-03-06 | Root | 7.89 | 7.06 | -0.83 |
2022-03-06 | Eclipse | 7.68 | 6.85 | -0.83 |
2022-03-06 | Antiquity | 7.17 | 6.34 | -0.83 |
2022-03-06 | Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 7.64 | 6.82 | -0.82 |
2022-03-06 | Maracaibo | 7.79 | 6.97 | -0.82 |
2022-03-06 | A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) | 7.37 | 6.55 | -0.82 |
2022-03-06 | 1830: Railways & Robber Barons | 7.25 | 6.44 | -0.81 |
2022-03-06 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8.17 | 7.36 | -0.81 |
2022-03-06 | The Republic of Rome | 6.86 | 6.05 | -0.81 |
2022-03-06 | Chess | 6.97 | 6.17 | -0.80 |
2022-03-06 | War of the Ring | 7.40 | 6.61 | -0.80 |
This list makes a lot of sense to me - the ratings themselves are still pretty good for some of these games, but these are all very, very heavy games. A lot of Vital Lacerda showing up in here, which to me epitomizes the disconnect between Geek Ratings and ‘ratings for people who fun games’. The former is heavily slanted towards people who relish complexity, whereas the latter is slanted towards games that provide heavy bang for their buck in terms of their weight.
The list of games that go up the most is on the other hand very light, party games. Even with the boost from being simple, many of these games still aren’t rated that highly, though some notable ones (Monikers, MicroMacro, KLASK, Just One) end up near the top of the overall list.
date | name | geekrating | adjustedrating | rating_diff |
2022-03-06 | Escape the Dark Castle | 6.37 | 7.29 | 0.93 |
2022-03-06 | Virus! | 6.27 | 6.98 | 0.71 |
2022-03-06 | Monikers | 7.11 | 7.82 | 0.70 |
2022-03-06 | Telestrations: 12 Player Party Pack | 6.80 | 7.49 | 0.69 |
2022-03-06 | Exploding Kittens | 5.86 | 6.55 | 0.69 |
2022-03-06 | Love Letter | 6.91 | 7.58 | 0.67 |
2022-03-06 | Arena: The Contest | 6.03 | 6.70 | 0.67 |
2022-03-06 | Exploding Kittens: NSFW Deck | 5.97 | 6.64 | 0.67 |
2022-03-06 | KLASK | 7.20 | 7.86 | 0.65 |
2022-03-06 | Dungeon Mayhem | 6.23 | 6.87 | 0.64 |
2022-03-06 | 5-Minute Dungeon | 6.65 | 7.29 | 0.64 |
2022-03-06 | Love Letter: Adventure Time | 6.30 | 6.94 | 0.64 |
2022-03-06 | Spot it! | 6.43 | 7.07 | 0.64 |
2022-03-06 | Coconuts | 6.55 | 7.18 | 0.64 |
2022-03-06 | Cross Clues | 6.27 | 6.91 | 0.64 |
2022-03-06 | Rhino Hero | 6.68 | 7.32 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | MicroMacro: Crime City | 7.27 | 7.91 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | Just One | 7.40 | 8.03 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | Joking Hazard | 6.06 | 6.69 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | Wavelength | 7.00 | 7.64 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | Tumblin-Dice | 6.69 | 7.33 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | Outfoxed! | 6.54 | 7.16 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | Imagine | 6.38 | 7.01 | 0.63 |
2022-03-06 | Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza | 6.11 | 6.73 | 0.62 |
2022-03-06 | Telestrations | 7.17 | 7.78 | 0.62 |
2022-03-06 | Men at Work | 6.52 | 7.14 | 0.62 |
2022-03-06 | Rhino Hero: Super Battle | 6.73 | 7.35 | 0.62 |
2022-03-06 | ICECOOL | 6.59 | 7.20 | 0.62 |
2022-03-06 | Cards Against Humanity | 5.68 | 6.30 | 0.62 |
2022-03-06 | Time's Up! Title Recall! | 6.95 | 7.56 | 0.61 |
2022-03-06 | Sleeping Queens | 6.09 | 6.70 | 0.61 |
2022-03-06 | The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls | 5.97 | 6.58 | 0.61 |
2022-03-06 | Animal Upon Animal | 6.55 | 7.16 | 0.61 |
2022-03-06 | UNO | 5.31 | 5.92 | 0.61 |
2022-03-06 | Ohanami | 6.58 | 7.18 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | Anomia | 6.24 | 6.85 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | The Mind | 6.72 | 7.32 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | The Chameleon | 6.16 | 6.76 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | Telestrations After Dark | 6.12 | 6.72 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | Loopin' Louie | 6.54 | 7.14 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | Zombie Dice | 6.08 | 6.68 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | Strike | 6.31 | 6.91 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | Orchard: A 9 card solitaire game | 6.54 | 7.14 | 0.60 |
2022-03-06 | Zombie Kidz Evolution | 6.91 | 7.50 | 0.59 |
2022-03-06 | Cockroach Poker Royal | 6.46 | 7.06 | 0.59 |
2022-03-06 | Love Letter: Batman | 6.80 | 7.39 | 0.59 |
2022-03-06 | Timeline: General Interest | 6.37 | 6.96 | 0.59 |
2022-03-06 | Insider | 6.52 | 7.11 | 0.59 |
2022-03-06 | Pictures | 6.29 | 6.87 | 0.59 |
2022-03-06 | Exploding Kittens: Party Pack | 5.97 | 6.56 | 0.59 |
Let’s restrict to games inside the BGG Top 100 and see how these games are affected.
date | name | geekrating | adjustedrating | rank_diff |
2022-03-06 | Patchwork | 7.53 | 7.82 | 84 |
2022-03-06 | Decrypto | 7.52 | 7.77 | 81 |
2022-03-06 | Crokinole | 7.68 | 8.20 | 59 |
2022-03-06 | Azul | 7.68 | 7.90 | 54 |
2022-03-06 | The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 7.69 | 7.82 | 45 |
2022-03-06 | Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 7.65 | 7.63 | 38 |
2022-03-06 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 7.77 | 7.88 | 37 |
2022-03-06 | The Isle of Cats | 7.53 | 7.55 | 36 |
2022-03-06 | Mechs vs. Minions | 7.71 | 7.64 | 26 |
2022-03-06 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 7.87 | 7.86 | 20 |
2022-03-06 | 7 Wonders Duel | 7.98 | 7.95 | 13 |
2022-03-06 | The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-Earth | 7.55 | 7.49 | 11 |
2022-03-06 | Wingspan | 7.94 | 7.81 | 9 |
2022-03-06 | 7 Wonders | 7.63 | 7.53 | 8 |
2022-03-06 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 0 | 7.64 | 7.53 | 4 |
2022-03-06 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 8.44 | 8.06 | 0 |
2022-03-06 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 7.78 | 7.57 | -9 |
2022-03-06 | Dune: Imperium | 8.01 | 7.65 | -11 |
2022-03-06 | Lords of Waterdeep | 7.62 | 7.45 | -16 |
2022-03-06 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 7.81 | 7.56 | -16 |
2022-03-06 | Terraforming Mars | 8.27 | 7.67 | -19 |
2022-03-06 | Dominion: Intrigue | 7.55 | 7.41 | -20 |
2022-03-06 | Everdell | 7.88 | 7.57 | -24 |
2022-03-06 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 8.26 | 7.62 | -28 |
2022-03-06 | Raiders of the North Sea | 7.55 | 7.37 | -32 |
2022-03-06 | Gloomhaven | 8.50 | 7.61 | -35 |
2022-03-06 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 7.86 | 7.53 | -37 |
2022-03-06 | Aeon's End | 7.66 | 7.42 | -42 |
2022-03-06 | The 7th Continent | 7.71 | 7.41 | -53 |
2022-03-06 | The Castles of Burgundy | 8.01 | 7.52 | -53 |
2022-03-06 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 7.89 | 7.49 | -54 |
2022-03-06 | Blood Rage | 7.81 | 7.44 | -63 |
2022-03-06 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 7.85 | 7.44 | -63 |
2022-03-06 | Concordia | 7.97 | 7.48 | -64 |
2022-03-06 | Nemesis | 7.99 | 7.47 | -70 |
2022-03-06 | Brass: Birmingham | 8.42 | 7.49 | -74 |
2022-03-06 | Architects of the West Kingdom | 7.58 | 7.29 | -78 |
2022-03-06 | Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon | 7.58 | 7.28 | -83 |
2022-03-06 | Orléans | 7.88 | 7.41 | -84 |
2022-03-06 | Five Tribes | 7.63 | 7.25 | -107 |
2022-03-06 | Scythe | 8.06 | 7.37 | -112 |
2022-03-06 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8.17 | 7.36 | -121 |
2022-03-06 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 7.78 | 7.27 | -128 |
2022-03-06 | Twilight Struggle | 8.11 | 7.32 | -129 |
2022-03-06 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 7.93 | 7.25 | -154 |
2022-03-06 | Great Western Trail | 8.12 | 7.26 | -164 |
2022-03-06 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 8.26 | 7.26 | -168 |
2022-03-06 | Puerto Rico | 7.83 | 7.21 | -170 |
2022-03-06 | Race for the Galaxy | 7.65 | 7.16 | -177 |
2022-03-06 | Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 7.72 | 7.17 | -185 |
2022-03-06 | Too Many Bones | 7.81 | 7.16 | -205 |
2022-03-06 | El Grande | 7.57 | 7.08 | -213 |
2022-03-06 | The Voyages of Marco Polo | 7.64 | 7.09 | -221 |
2022-03-06 | Grand Austria Hotel | 7.60 | 7.08 | -223 |
2022-03-06 | Kingdom Death: Monster | 7.73 | 7.09 | -238 |
2022-03-06 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 8.14 | 7.15 | -238 |
2022-03-06 | Power Grid | 7.73 | 7.09 | -243 |
2022-03-06 | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | 7.76 | 7.09 | -243 |
2022-03-06 | Spirit Island | 8.14 | 7.14 | -249 |
2022-03-06 | Underwater Cities | 7.78 | 7.07 | -262 |
2022-03-06 | Clans of Caledonia | 7.72 | 7.05 | -269 |
2022-03-06 | Rising Sun | 7.53 | 7.01 | -278 |
2022-03-06 | Lorenzo il Magnifico | 7.53 | 7.00 | -282 |
2022-03-06 | A Feast for Odin | 7.95 | 7.07 | -287 |
2022-03-06 | Agricola (Revised Edition) | 7.62 | 7.01 | -290 |
2022-03-06 | Android: Netrunner | 7.66 | 7.02 | -292 |
2022-03-06 | Root | 7.89 | 7.06 | -292 |
2022-03-06 | Eldritch Horror | 7.55 | 6.98 | -310 |
2022-03-06 | Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 7.56 | 6.98 | -311 |
2022-03-06 | Brass: Lancashire | 7.96 | 7.04 | -318 |
2022-03-06 | Gaia Project | 8.17 | 7.03 | -342 |
2022-03-06 | Maracaibo | 7.79 | 6.97 | -373 |
2022-03-06 | Keyflower | 7.58 | 6.93 | -374 |
2022-03-06 | Agricola | 7.80 | 6.96 | -383 |
2022-03-06 | Paladins of the West Kingdom | 7.66 | 6.93 | -389 |
2022-03-06 | Terra Mystica | 7.96 | 6.95 | -410 |
2022-03-06 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 7.82 | 6.92 | -433 |
2022-03-06 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 8.14 | 6.93 | -451 |
2022-03-06 | Russian Railroads | 7.53 | 6.87 | -454 |
2022-03-06 | Barrage | 7.79 | 6.90 | -462 |
2022-03-06 | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 7.74 | 6.88 | -477 |
2022-03-06 | Troyes | 7.55 | 6.84 | -499 |
2022-03-06 | Fields of Arle | 7.65 | 6.85 | -502 |
2022-03-06 | Eclipse | 7.68 | 6.85 | -518 |
2022-03-06 | Anachrony | 7.75 | 6.85 | -525 |
2022-03-06 | Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 7.64 | 6.82 | -546 |
2022-03-06 | Le Havre | 7.71 | 6.82 | -554 |
2022-03-06 | Tigris & Euphrates | 7.52 | 6.78 | -576 |
2022-03-06 | Food Chain Magnate | 7.83 | 6.77 | -663 |
2022-03-06 | Trajan | 7.51 | 6.73 | -669 |
2022-03-06 | Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 7.64 | 6.74 | -673 |
2022-03-06 | Mombasa | 7.55 | 6.68 | -775 |
2022-03-06 | Mage Knight Board Game | 7.88 | 6.71 | -783 |
2022-03-06 | Caylus | 7.57 | 6.67 | -799 |
2022-03-06 | The Gallerist | 7.68 | 6.65 | -867 |
2022-03-06 | Dominant Species | 7.61 | 6.60 | -953 |
2022-03-06 | On Mars | 7.71 | 6.59 | -988 |
2022-03-06 | Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 7.67 | 6.59 | -997 |
2022-03-06 | Lisboa | 7.68 | 6.58 | -1,009 |
2022-03-06 | Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 7.55 | 6.47 | -1,278 |
It’s important to remember that this is meant to be a ranking list for someone who sees complexity as a negative moreso than a positive. Terra Mystica and Gaia Project might be great games for someone like me who is into the hobby, but would it rank highly for someone who isn’t that keen on games? Probably not.
The list of complexity adjusted games is pretty great for recommending games to a beginner, but it’s not as helpful for people who have been in the hobby longer. If you do like more complex games, what list should you look at? The Geek list as it currently stands is still probably good, but its not without its problems.
The Geek Ratings are heavily skewed towards games that have been released in recent years: all of the top 10 games were released after 2015, and only 5 of the top 50 were released prior to 2010. Either we truly seeing the pinnacle of game design in the last 10 years (this is possible), or it means that the BGG users have a tendency to seek out and rate the hotness, which skews the list towards recent games.
active_games %>%
arrange(desc(bayesaverage)) %>%
mutate(rank = row_number()) %>%
arrange(rank) %>%
mutate(date = as.Date(timestamp)) %>%
select(date, name, rank, game_id, bayesaverage, yearpublished) %>%
mutate(yearpublished = as.character(yearpublished),
game_id = as.character(game_id)) %>%
select(yearpublished, game_id, name, yearpublished, rank, bayesaverage) %>%
mutate_if(is.numeric, round, 2) %>%
head(50) %>%
flextable() %>%
flextable::autofit() %>%
bg(., i = ~ (yearpublished %in% seq(2011, 2014, 1)),
bg = "#EFF3FF") %>%
bg(., i = ~ (yearpublished %in% seq(2015, 2018, 1)),
bg = "#BDD7E7") %>%
bg(., i = ~ (yearpublished %in% seq(2019, 2021, 1)),
bg = "#6BAED6")
yearpublished | game_id | name | rank | bayesaverage |
2017 | 174430 | Gloomhaven | 1 | 8.50 |
2015 | 161936 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2 | 8.44 |
2018 | 224517 | Brass: Birmingham | 3 | 8.42 |
2016 | 167791 | Terraforming Mars | 4 | 8.27 |
2020 | 291457 | Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 5 | 8.26 |
2017 | 233078 | Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 6 | 8.26 |
2017 | 220308 | Gaia Project | 7 | 8.17 |
2016 | 187645 | Star Wars: Rebellion | 8 | 8.17 |
2017 | 162886 | Spirit Island | 9 | 8.14 |
2015 | 182028 | Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 10 | 8.14 |
2011 | 115746 | War of the Ring: Second Edition | 11 | 8.14 |
2016 | 193738 | Great Western Trail | 12 | 8.12 |
2005 | 12333 | Twilight Struggle | 13 | 8.11 |
2016 | 169786 | Scythe | 14 | 8.06 |
2020 | 316554 | Dune: Imperium | 15 | 8.01 |
2011 | 84876 | The Castles of Burgundy | 16 | 8.01 |
2018 | 167355 | Nemesis | 17 | 7.99 |
2015 | 173346 | 7 Wonders Duel | 18 | 7.98 |
2013 | 124361 | Concordia | 19 | 7.97 |
2007 | 28720 | Brass: Lancashire | 20 | 7.96 |
2012 | 120677 | Terra Mystica | 21 | 7.96 |
2016 | 177736 | A Feast for Odin | 22 | 7.95 |
2019 | 266192 | Wingspan | 23 | 7.94 |
2016 | 205637 | Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 24 | 7.93 |
2015 | 183394 | Viticulture Essential Edition | 25 | 7.89 |
2018 | 237182 | Root | 26 | 7.89 |
2018 | 199792 | Everdell | 27 | 7.88 |
2014 | 164928 | Orléans | 28 | 7.88 |
2011 | 96848 | Mage Knight Board Game | 29 | 7.88 |
2019 | 266507 | Clank!: Legacy – Acquisitions Incorporated | 30 | 7.87 |
2020 | 312484 | Lost Ruins of Arnak | 31 | 7.86 |
2020 | 246900 | Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy | 32 | 7.85 |
2015 | 175914 | Food Chain Magnate | 33 | 7.83 |
2002 | 3076 | Puerto Rico | 34 | 7.83 |
2013 | 102794 | Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 35 | 7.82 |
2015 | 170216 | Blood Rage | 36 | 7.81 |
2019 | 285774 | Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 37 | 7.81 |
2017 | 192135 | Too Many Bones | 38 | 7.81 |
2007 | 31260 | Agricola | 39 | 7.80 |
2019 | 251247 | Barrage | 40 | 7.79 |
2019 | 276025 | Maracaibo | 41 | 7.79 |
2017 | 221107 | Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 42 | 7.78 |
2016 | 205059 | Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 43 | 7.78 |
2018 | 247763 | Underwater Cities | 44 | 7.78 |
2019 | 284083 | The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 45 | 7.77 |
2019 | 256960 | Pax Pamir: Second Edition | 46 | 7.76 |
2017 | 185343 | Anachrony | 47 | 7.75 |
2012 | 126163 | Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 48 | 7.74 |
2004 | 2651 | Power Grid | 49 | 7.73 |
2015 | 55690 | Kingdom Death: Monster | 50 | 7.73 |
Why do newer games so quickly climb the geek list? This is basically due to the fact that BGG continues to use ~ 1000 votes to start its Bayesian average, even as the size of the hobby has grown. This was probably a good prior for when board games had a much smaller audience, but as BGG and the hobby has grown, newer games rapidly attract enough user ratings that they manage to quickly overtake this prior.
If we plot the average and median user ratings for games published in each year, we can see how more recently published games draw lots of user ratings (though this does start to taper off for games in the last 1-2 years, though we would expect this to go up as these games accumulate user ratings).
active_games %>%
filter(yearpublished>=1970) %>%
filter(yearpublished< 2019) %>%
group_by(yearpublished) %>%
summarize(median_users = median(usersrated),
average_users = mean(usersrated)) %>%
mutate(date = as.Date(paste(yearpublished, "01", "01", sep="-"))) %>%
melt(id.vars=c("date", "yearpublished")) %>%
ggplot(., aes(x=date, y=value))+
geom_point()+
geom_line()+
theme_phil()+
facet_wrap(variable~.,
ncol = 1,
scales="free_y")+
xlab("yearpublished")

This isn’t a problem per se, but it does mean that two games might actually be pretty similar in quality, but the one released more recently draws lots of user ratings, and so it gets a big boost to its rating on the Geek list.
I’m not going to argue that this is a fundamental flaw in the rating that the site uses. But I do think it has changed the meaning of the rating over time. Presumably, the idea behind using the Bayesian average is to indicate games that combine both popularity and a high rating. On some level, we’d like the ratings to be that intersection of ‘these are games that have been well received and are very popular’.
If we back to that plot of game averages plotted against logged user ratings, this basically means finding games that are at the top of the ‘mountain’. But I’ve highlighted the games in the top 100 to show that this isn’t quite the case with the geek rating. Popularity ends up mattering less than we might want it to, given the relationship between the two components.

Fortunately for us, we can adjust for this in a pretty simple way by upping the number of baseline 5.5 votes for every single game. Rather than using the 1000 or so that BGG uses, we’ll toggle the number of baseline ratings at various thresholds up to 100,000 votes and see how the rankings start to change. Games that maintain a high ranking at each threshold will be games that have both a large number of user ratings and a high average. Games that are sensitive to the number of baseline user ratings will be ones that are ‘inflated’ in the current ranking system.
votes_added<-c(1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 25000, 50000, 100000)
votes_added_df<-foreach(i = 1:length(votes_added), .combine=rbind.data.frame) %do% {
active_games %>%
arrange(desc(bayesaverage)) %>%
mutate(rank = row_number()) %>%
arrange(rank) %>%
mutate(date = as.Date(timestamp)) %>%
mutate(yearpublished = as.character(yearpublished)) %>%
mutate(tadj_bayesaverage = ((usersrated*average) + (5.5*votes_added[i])) / (usersrated + votes_added[i])) %>%
arrange(desc(tadj_bayesaverage)) %>%
select(game_id, date, usersrated, name, rank, bayesaverage, yearpublished, tadj_bayesaverage) %>%
mutate(VotesAdded = votes_added[i]) %>%
select(date, usersrated, game_id, name, tadj_bayesaverage, VotesAdded, yearpublished)
}
# get results
votes_added_games<-votes_added_df %>%
group_by(VotesAdded) %>%
arrange(desc(tadj_bayesaverage)) %>%
mutate(rank = row_number()) %>%
group_by(game_id) %>%
select(-tadj_bayesaverage) %>%
mutate(avg_rank = mean(rank),
sd_rank = sd(rank),
VotesAdded = paste("votes", VotesAdded, sep="_")) %>%
ungroup() %>%
pivot_wider(names_from = c("VotesAdded"),
values_from = c("rank"),
id_cols = c("date", "game_id", "name", "usersrated", "yearpublished", "avg_rank", "sd_rank")) %>%
unnest() %>%
mutate_if(is.numeric, round, 1) %>%
arrange(avg_rank) %>%
mutate(rank = row_number())
What do we find? We can make a table of games with their rankings at different thresholds. There’s no getting around the fact that Gloomhaven is going to be a top game, it has an extremely high average with a lot of votes. The same goes for Terraforming Mars, which has an extremely high number of user ratings with a high average - if we set the number of baseline votes over 25k Terraforming Mars becomes the top game of all time.
Game Ranking | ||||||||||
# User Votes Added | ||||||||||
name | yearpublished | rank | avg_rank | 1k | 2k | 5k | 10k | 25k | 50k | 100k |
Gloomhaven | 2017 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Terraforming Mars | 2016 | 2 | 2.6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2015 | 3 | 3.9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Scythe | 2016 | 4 | 7.4 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
7 Wonders Duel | 2015 | 5 | 9.9 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Twilight Struggle | 2005 | 6 | 11.9 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
Brass: Birmingham | 2018 | 7 | 12.7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 32 |
Spirit Island | 2017 | 8 | 13.3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
Wingspan | 2019 | 9 | 13.3 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
The Castles of Burgundy | 2011 | 10 | 14.3 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
Great Western Trail | 2016 | 11 | 17.3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 27 |
Terra Mystica | 2012 | 12 | 18.7 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 |
Puerto Rico | 2002 | 13 | 19.0 | 47 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Star Wars: Rebellion | 2016 | 14 | 20.0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 34 | 41 |
Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 2016 | 15 | 22.6 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 30 |
Agricola | 2007 | 16 | 23.1 | 55 | 38 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 2015 | 17 | 23.4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 38 | 44 |
Concordia | 2013 | 18 | 27.4 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 36 |
Root | 2018 | 19 | 28.1 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 35 |
Viticulture Essential Edition | 2015 | 20 | 28.4 | 37 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 31 |
Blood Rage | 2015 | 21 | 31.1 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 28 |
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 2020 | 22 | 31.3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 63 | 73 |
Power Grid | 2004 | 23 | 31.4 | 69 | 50 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Everdell | 2018 | 24 | 31.9 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 36 | 40 |
Gaia Project | 2017 | 25 | 32.3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 44 | 60 | 64 |
Azul | 2017 | 26 | 33.1 | 78 | 54 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Mage Knight Board Game | 2011 | 27 | 34.0 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 46 |
7 Wonders | 2010 | 28 | 34.0 | 94 | 65 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 2017 | 29 | 36.1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 54 | 69 | 83 |
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 2016 | 30 | 40.6 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 45 | 52 |
Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 2013 | 31 | 41.6 | 50 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 49 |
Nemesis | 2018 | 32 | 41.7 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 31 | 59 | 71 | 82 |
Race for the Galaxy | 2007 | 33 | 43.0 | 89 | 67 | 41 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
Orléans | 2014 | 34 | 44.0 | 39 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 49 | 55 | 61 |
A Feast for Odin | 2016 | 35 | 45.0 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 41 | 60 | 64 | 75 |
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 2012 | 36 | 45.1 | 65 | 51 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 42 |
Lords of Waterdeep | 2012 | 37 | 46.0 | 96 | 71 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 25 |
Brass: Lancashire | 2007 | 38 | 46.9 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 43 | 61 | 66 | 77 |
War of the Ring: Second Edition | 2011 | 39 | 47.0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 69 | 88 | 99 |
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 2012 | 40 | 48.6 | 80 | 63 | 43 | 42 | 37 | 37 | 38 |
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 2019 | 41 | 50.6 | 57 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 59 |
Pandemic | 2008 | 42 | 51.0 | 156 | 97 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
Dune: Imperium | 2020 | 43 | 51.4 | 18 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 71 | 86 | 96 |
Dominion | 2008 | 44 | 52.0 | 143 | 91 | 55 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 12 |
The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 2018 | 45 | 53.7 | 75 | 58 | 45 | 47 | 46 | 52 | 53 |
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 2016 | 46 | 55.1 | 81 | 64 | 49 | 49 | 45 | 48 | 50 |
Five Tribes | 2014 | 47 | 55.6 | 87 | 72 | 52 | 48 | 42 | 43 | 45 |
Le Havre | 2008 | 48 | 57.6 | 73 | 59 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 57 | 58 |
Codenames | 2015 | 49 | 57.6 | 157 | 100 | 57 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 14 |
Android: Netrunner | 2012 | 50 | 57.7 | 70 | 57 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
Lost Ruins of Arnak | 2020 | 51 | 58.1 | 36 | 32 | 38 | 54 | 72 | 83 | 92 |
Patchwork | 2014 | 52 | 59.9 | 139 | 93 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 27 | 24 |
Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 2014 | 53 | 60.9 | 53 | 42 | 44 | 58 | 70 | 75 | 84 |
Eclipse | 2011 | 54 | 61.0 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 57 | 62 | 62 | 63 |
Eldritch Horror | 2013 | 55 | 61.7 | 90 | 73 | 56 | 55 | 50 | 54 | 54 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 2008 | 56 | 63.9 | 101 | 80 | 58 | 56 | 48 | 53 | 51 |
Ticket to Ride: Europe | 2005 | 57 | 68.7 | 176 | 116 | 68 | 50 | 30 | 21 | 20 |
The 7th Continent | 2017 | 58 | 69.7 | 52 | 43 | 51 | 63 | 82 | 95 | 102 |
Dominion: Intrigue | 2009 | 59 | 73.1 | 118 | 89 | 66 | 62 | 63 | 58 | 56 |
Marvel Champions: The Card Game | 2019 | 60 | 73.9 | 29 | 33 | 46 | 67 | 100 | 117 | 125 |
Caylus | 2005 | 61 | 74.0 | 104 | 85 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 65 | 66 |
Food Chain Magnate | 2015 | 62 | 77.6 | 41 | 40 | 54 | 70 | 101 | 115 | 122 |
Stone Age | 2008 | 63 | 77.9 | 179 | 123 | 75 | 59 | 41 | 35 | 33 |
The Voyages of Marco Polo | 2015 | 64 | 79.9 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 69 | 81 | 92 | 95 |
Carcassonne | 2000 | 65 | 83.0 | 248 | 163 | 79 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 7 |
Clans of Caledonia | 2017 | 66 | 83.3 | 60 | 55 | 61 | 76 | 103 | 112 | 116 |
El Grande | 1995 | 67 | 83.4 | 108 | 88 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 84 | 86 |
Star Realms | 2014 | 68 | 83.7 | 173 | 119 | 78 | 64 | 53 | 51 | 48 |
Tigris & Euphrates | 1997 | 69 | 86.9 | 127 | 99 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 81 |
Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization | 2006 | 70 | 87.4 | 76 | 69 | 70 | 78 | 98 | 109 | 112 |
Architects of the West Kingdom | 2018 | 71 | 87.6 | 97 | 82 | 72 | 75 | 87 | 99 | 101 |
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game | 2014 | 72 | 88.4 | 193 | 134 | 86 | 66 | 51 | 46 | 43 |
Roll for the Galaxy | 2014 | 73 | 90.4 | 153 | 107 | 83 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 72 |
Mechs vs. Minions | 2016 | 74 | 90.9 | 56 | 53 | 67 | 83 | 115 | 128 | 134 |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 2 | 2017 | 75 | 92.0 | 46 | 46 | 62 | 86 | 122 | 136 | 146 |
Splendor | 2014 | 76 | 92.0 | 243 | 164 | 90 | 61 | 36 | 28 | 22 |
Dominant Species | 2010 | 77 | 93.1 | 88 | 81 | 76 | 80 | 104 | 110 | 113 |
Ticket to Ride | 2004 | 78 | 93.1 | 260 | 170 | 91 | 60 | 33 | 19 | 19 |
Anachrony | 2017 | 79 | 94.9 | 45 | 47 | 63 | 92 | 126 | 143 | 148 |
Keyflower | 2012 | 80 | 96.0 | 106 | 90 | 82 | 82 | 97 | 105 | 110 |
Jaipur | 2009 | 81 | 96.6 | 214 | 146 | 95 | 68 | 57 | 49 | 47 |
Twilight Imperium: Third Edition | 2005 | 82 | 97.4 | 93 | 84 | 81 | 89 | 107 | 113 | 115 |
Magic: The Gathering | 1993 | 83 | 97.9 | 194 | 136 | 97 | 74 | 66 | 61 | 57 |
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) | 2011 | 84 | 99.4 | 180 | 130 | 98 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 67 |
Underwater Cities | 2018 | 85 | 99.9 | 49 | 49 | 69 | 96 | 131 | 149 | 156 |
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game | 2012 | 86 | 101.0 | 145 | 108 | 93 | 81 | 89 | 94 | 97 |
Troyes | 2010 | 87 | 101.1 | 115 | 96 | 88 | 90 | 102 | 106 | 111 |
Aeon's End | 2016 | 88 | 101.9 | 61 | 62 | 73 | 100 | 129 | 141 | 147 |
Rising Sun | 2018 | 89 | 102.9 | 95 | 86 | 85 | 95 | 112 | 121 | 126 |
Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) | 2012 | 90 | 103.9 | 150 | 111 | 96 | 85 | 91 | 96 | 98 |
Teotihuacan: City of Gods | 2018 | 91 | 104.0 | 77 | 74 | 80 | 101 | 123 | 134 | 139 |
Raiders of the North Sea | 2015 | 92 | 106.0 | 110 | 94 | 92 | 99 | 111 | 118 | 118 |
The Resistance: Avalon | 2012 | 93 | 106.6 | 192 | 138 | 103 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 79 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game | 2011 | 94 | 111.1 | 154 | 117 | 102 | 97 | 99 | 103 | 106 |
Istanbul | 2014 | 95 | 111.1 | 189 | 137 | 105 | 88 | 84 | 87 | 88 |
Cosmic Encounter | 2008 | 96 | 112.0 | 200 | 149 | 106 | 87 | 80 | 82 | 80 |
Maracaibo | 2019 | 97 | 113.1 | 40 | 45 | 74 | 115 | 160 | 176 | 182 |
Sagrada | 2017 | 98 | 113.6 | 217 | 161 | 112 | 84 | 77 | 73 | 71 |
Grand Austria Hotel | 2015 | 99 | 114.4 | 83 | 83 | 94 | 109 | 135 | 147 | 150 |
Memoir '44 | 2004 | 100 | 115.1 | 195 | 144 | 108 | 93 | 85 | 90 | 91 |
There’s no correct number of votes to add, but it is interesting to see how games are affected by having more votes. If we add 100k votes we basically end up with a list that penalizes recent games to enter the top 100 (Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion, Marvel Champions, Rising Sun, Underwater Cities, Dune Imperium) and provides a boost to some of the pillars of the board game renaissance Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Pandemic, 7 Wonders, Puerto Rico, Agricola. Man, evidently Terraforming Mars is really good?
What are the top games if use a prior with 100k votes rater than 1k?
Game Ranking | ||||||||||
# User Votes Added | ||||||||||
name | yearpublished | rank | avg_rank | 1k | 2k | 5k | 10k | 25k | 50k | 100k |
Terraforming Mars | 2016 | 2 | 2.6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pandemic | 2008 | 42 | 51.0 | 156 | 97 | 53 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 2 |
7 Wonders Duel | 2015 | 5 | 9.9 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Scythe | 2016 | 4 | 7.4 | 19 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Gloomhaven | 2017 | 1 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
7 Wonders | 2010 | 28 | 34.0 | 94 | 65 | 37 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 6 |
Carcassonne | 2000 | 65 | 83.0 | 248 | 163 | 79 | 51 | 21 | 12 | 7 |
Puerto Rico | 2002 | 13 | 19.0 | 47 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
Pandemic Legacy: Season 1 | 2015 | 3 | 3.9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 |
Agricola | 2007 | 16 | 23.1 | 55 | 38 | 24 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Wingspan | 2019 | 9 | 13.3 | 27 | 19 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 11 |
Dominion | 2008 | 44 | 52.0 | 143 | 91 | 55 | 32 | 18 | 13 | 12 |
Azul | 2017 | 26 | 33.1 | 78 | 54 | 36 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 13 |
Codenames | 2015 | 49 | 57.6 | 157 | 100 | 57 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 14 |
The Castles of Burgundy | 2011 | 10 | 14.3 | 23 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
Power Grid | 2004 | 23 | 31.4 | 69 | 50 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
Catan | 1995 | 149 | 167.6 | 503 | 326 | 166 | 94 | 43 | 24 | 17 |
Twilight Struggle | 2005 | 6 | 11.9 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 18 |
Ticket to Ride | 2004 | 78 | 93.1 | 260 | 170 | 91 | 60 | 33 | 19 | 19 |
Ticket to Ride: Europe | 2005 | 57 | 68.7 | 176 | 116 | 68 | 50 | 30 | 21 | 20 |
Terra Mystica | 2012 | 12 | 18.7 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 21 |
Splendor | 2014 | 76 | 92.0 | 243 | 164 | 90 | 61 | 36 | 28 | 22 |
Race for the Galaxy | 2007 | 33 | 43.0 | 89 | 67 | 41 | 33 | 25 | 23 | 23 |
Patchwork | 2014 | 52 | 59.9 | 139 | 93 | 59 | 45 | 32 | 27 | 24 |
Lords of Waterdeep | 2012 | 37 | 46.0 | 96 | 71 | 42 | 36 | 27 | 25 | 25 |
Spirit Island | 2017 | 8 | 13.3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 20 | 26 |
Great Western Trail | 2016 | 11 | 17.3 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 22 | 27 |
Blood Rage | 2015 | 21 | 31.1 | 48 | 35 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 29 | 28 |
Small World | 2009 | 132 | 146.7 | 402 | 263 | 148 | 91 | 55 | 39 | 29 |
Arkham Horror: The Card Game | 2016 | 15 | 22.6 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 22 | 30 | 30 |
Viticulture Essential Edition | 2015 | 20 | 28.4 | 37 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 24 | 31 | 31 |
Brass: Birmingham | 2018 | 7 | 12.7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 32 |
Stone Age | 2008 | 63 | 77.9 | 179 | 123 | 75 | 59 | 41 | 35 | 33 |
Love Letter | 2012 | 136 | 153.1 | 414 | 269 | 151 | 98 | 64 | 42 | 34 |
Root | 2018 | 19 | 28.1 | 30 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 32 | 35 |
Concordia | 2013 | 18 | 27.4 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 29 | 33 | 36 |
King of Tokyo | 2011 | 160 | 174.4 | 473 | 317 | 173 | 107 | 67 | 47 | 37 |
Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island | 2012 | 40 | 48.6 | 80 | 63 | 43 | 42 | 37 | 37 | 38 |
Dixit | 2008 | 138 | 155.6 | 410 | 268 | 154 | 103 | 65 | 50 | 39 |
Everdell | 2018 | 24 | 31.9 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 34 | 36 | 40 |
Star Wars: Rebellion | 2016 | 14 | 20.0 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 26 | 34 | 41 |
Tzolk'in: The Mayan Calendar | 2012 | 36 | 45.1 | 65 | 51 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 41 | 42 |
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game | 2014 | 72 | 88.4 | 193 | 134 | 86 | 66 | 51 | 46 | 43 |
Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization | 2015 | 17 | 23.4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 38 | 44 |
Five Tribes | 2014 | 47 | 55.6 | 87 | 72 | 52 | 48 | 42 | 43 | 45 |
Mage Knight Board Game | 2011 | 27 | 34.0 | 33 | 28 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 46 |
Jaipur | 2009 | 81 | 96.6 | 214 | 146 | 95 | 68 | 57 | 49 | 47 |
Star Realms | 2014 | 68 | 83.7 | 173 | 119 | 78 | 64 | 53 | 51 | 48 |
Caverna: The Cave Farmers | 2013 | 31 | 41.6 | 50 | 39 | 35 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 49 |
Clank!: A Deck-Building Adventure | 2016 | 46 | 55.1 | 81 | 64 | 49 | 49 | 45 | 48 | 50 |
Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game | 2008 | 56 | 63.9 | 101 | 80 | 58 | 56 | 48 | 53 | 51 |
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition | 2016 | 30 | 40.6 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 34 | 40 | 45 | 52 |
The Quacks of Quedlinburg | 2018 | 45 | 53.7 | 75 | 58 | 45 | 47 | 46 | 52 | 53 |
Eldritch Horror | 2013 | 55 | 61.7 | 90 | 73 | 56 | 55 | 50 | 54 | 54 |
Citadels | 2000 | 199 | 221.1 | 578 | 391 | 217 | 149 | 90 | 68 | 55 |
Dominion: Intrigue | 2009 | 59 | 73.1 | 118 | 89 | 66 | 62 | 63 | 58 | 56 |
Magic: The Gathering | 1993 | 83 | 97.9 | 194 | 136 | 97 | 74 | 66 | 61 | 57 |
Le Havre | 2008 | 48 | 57.6 | 73 | 59 | 48 | 52 | 56 | 57 | 58 |
The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine | 2019 | 41 | 50.6 | 57 | 44 | 40 | 46 | 52 | 56 | 59 |
Android: Netrunner | 2012 | 50 | 57.7 | 70 | 57 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 59 | 60 |
Orléans | 2014 | 34 | 44.0 | 39 | 31 | 34 | 39 | 49 | 55 | 61 |
Kingdomino | 2016 | 125 | 142.3 | 321 | 222 | 142 | 104 | 78 | 67 | 62 |
Eclipse | 2011 | 54 | 61.0 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 57 | 62 | 62 | 63 |
Gaia Project | 2017 | 25 | 32.3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 44 | 60 | 64 |
Takenoko | 2011 | 153 | 171.3 | 408 | 278 | 168 | 120 | 86 | 74 | 65 |
Caylus | 2005 | 61 | 74.0 | 104 | 85 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 65 | 66 |
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game (Second Edition) | 2011 | 84 | 99.4 | 180 | 130 | 98 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 67 |
Lost Cities | 1999 | 173 | 193.0 | 464 | 316 | 189 | 139 | 95 | 80 | 68 |
The Resistance | 2009 | 155 | 171.7 | 400 | 275 | 167 | 124 | 88 | 79 | 69 |
Arkham Horror | 2005 | 165 | 178.6 | 416 | 289 | 172 | 130 | 92 | 81 | 70 |
Sagrada | 2017 | 98 | 113.6 | 217 | 161 | 112 | 84 | 77 | 73 | 71 |
Roll for the Galaxy | 2014 | 73 | 90.4 | 153 | 107 | 83 | 73 | 73 | 72 | 72 |
Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion | 2020 | 22 | 31.3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 47 | 63 | 73 |
Santorini | 2016 | 115 | 131.9 | 268 | 189 | 129 | 102 | 83 | 78 | 74 |
A Feast for Odin | 2016 | 35 | 45.0 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 41 | 60 | 64 | 75 |
Mysterium | 2015 | 152 | 171.0 | 385 | 266 | 165 | 127 | 93 | 85 | 76 |
Brass: Lancashire | 2007 | 38 | 46.9 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 43 | 61 | 66 | 77 |
Hanabi | 2010 | 218 | 241.0 | 604 | 409 | 235 | 160 | 110 | 91 | 78 |
The Resistance: Avalon | 2012 | 93 | 106.6 | 192 | 138 | 103 | 79 | 79 | 76 | 79 |
Cosmic Encounter | 2008 | 96 | 112.0 | 200 | 149 | 106 | 87 | 80 | 82 | 80 |
Tigris & Euphrates | 1997 | 69 | 86.9 | 127 | 99 | 77 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 81 |
Nemesis | 2018 | 32 | 41.7 | 13 | 15 | 21 | 31 | 59 | 71 | 82 |
Twilight Imperium: Fourth Edition | 2017 | 29 | 36.1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 54 | 69 | 83 |
Star Wars: Imperial Assault | 2014 | 53 | 60.9 | 53 | 42 | 44 | 58 | 70 | 75 | 84 |
Galaxy Trucker | 2007 | 134 | 148.1 | 299 | 214 | 145 | 111 | 94 | 89 | 85 |
El Grande | 1995 | 67 | 83.4 | 108 | 88 | 71 | 71 | 76 | 84 | 86 |
Betrayal at House on the Hill | 2004 | 232 | 251.6 | 620 | 427 | 243 | 173 | 114 | 97 | 87 |
Istanbul | 2014 | 95 | 111.1 | 189 | 137 | 105 | 88 | 84 | 87 | 88 |
Bohnanza | 1997 | 239 | 257.6 | 637 | 435 | 252 | 176 | 116 | 98 | 89 |
Hive | 2000 | 147 | 165.4 | 351 | 244 | 158 | 126 | 96 | 93 | 90 |
Memoir '44 | 2004 | 100 | 115.1 | 195 | 144 | 108 | 93 | 85 | 90 | 91 |
Lost Ruins of Arnak | 2020 | 51 | 58.1 | 36 | 32 | 38 | 54 | 72 | 83 | 92 |
Sushi Go! | 2013 | 245 | 262.7 | 647 | 439 | 258 | 180 | 121 | 101 | 93 |
Coup | 2012 | 259 | 283.4 | 709 | 479 | 277 | 191 | 130 | 104 | 94 |
The Voyages of Marco Polo | 2015 | 64 | 79.9 | 82 | 76 | 64 | 69 | 81 | 92 | 95 |
Dune: Imperium | 2020 | 43 | 51.4 | 18 | 16 | 29 | 44 | 71 | 86 | 96 |
Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game | 2012 | 86 | 101.0 | 145 | 108 | 93 | 81 | 89 | 94 | 97 |
Descent: Journeys in the Dark (Second Edition) | 2012 | 90 | 103.9 | 150 | 111 | 96 | 85 | 91 | 96 | 98 |
War of the Ring: Second Edition | 2011 | 39 | 47.0 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 37 | 69 | 88 | 99 |
Sushi Go Party! | 2016 | 133 | 146.9 | 269 | 197 | 140 | 117 | 105 | 100 | 100 |
Adding 100k votes gives us the list of games that more or less maps to the evergreen games of the last two decades, and actually shows a decent balance of complex and simple games. I would argue that is is a stronger list to look at for people who are interested in the hobby but aren’t necessarily going to be interested in chasing the hotness.
Going back to ‘the mountain’ visual, what games does this set of rankings end up prioritizing?

Hooray! That’s about what I was hoping to see.
I’ll now put this same information into a datatable to make it a bit more interactive, you can sort and search for any game and see how it compares across the different thresholds.